Role: Mobile Engineering Lead
Location: London, UK
Job Type: Permanent
The Mobile Engineering Lead role is to assure the successful execution of the company's business mission of connecting through development and deployment of the company's Mobile/Web presence.
Lead the architecture and design of scalable, robust, and secure React Native applications.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the mobile engineering team, ensuring best practices in React Native development.
Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and advancements in mobile development and integrate relevant technologies into the project.
Key Responsibilities:
* Practice servant leadership to empower and maximize the capabilities of talented technologists within the team.
* Specialize in accelerating startup launch velocity within enterprise environments, navigating organizational complexities to deliver robust solutions.
* Expertise in simplifying complex solutions for effective communication with customers and internal stakeholders.
* Ability to coach, train, and scale teams with a "seller-doer" mindset, initiating and maturing engagements towards stable delivery.
Role Specifics:
* Design and develop innovative solutions and products that address real customer challenges, spanning from greenfield projects to existing systems.
* Architect modern, cloud-native solutions and provide mentorship to geographically distributed teams.
* Collaborate hands-on with development teams, emphasizing software qualities like testability, security, and scalability.
* Advocate for agile practices that support iterative product development and drive continuous improvement across projects.
* Foster strong partnerships with product managers, architects, and designers, promoting a collaborative and transparent work environment.
Desired Skills:
* Should have experience in mobility (Web and native apps), must have an intimate experience with native app development (Android, iOS), as well as experience developing products for the mobile web.
* Experience managing Mobile/Web application development including mobile applications
* Hands-on experience coding in more than one currently popular Mobile/Web application framework.
* A technocrat having hands-on experience on Ecommerce technologies, pro in coding.
* History of strong leadership and the ability to maintain a collaborative culture.
* Previously managed, mentored, motivated and grew a mature and goal-driven engineering team.
* Familiar with more than one software development methodology.
* Has contributed to one or more open-source projects.
* Familiarity with technical requirements of Internet marketing and search engine optimization.
* Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.
* Familiarity with consumer privacy and payment industry compliance requirements.
* Exposure to business theory, business process development, governance processes, management, budgeting, and administrative operations.